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Monday September 17, 1979
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Boston Red Sox 5, Toronto Blue Jays 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 17, 1979 (Night game) at Exhibition Stadium

Red Sox      2  0  3    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  6  2
Blue Jays    1  1  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Blue Jays            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Papi ss               3   1   1   0     0   0   .191      Griffin ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .277
Brohamer 2b           2   1   0   0     1   0   .268      Cannon rf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .215
Lynn dh               4   1   1   2     0   1   .336        Carty ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Rice lf               4   1   2   3     0   0   .328      Woods lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .277
Watson 1b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Solaita dh            3   0   0   1     0   0   .267
  Dwyer ph,1b         2   0   1   0     1   0   .268      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .278
Poquette cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Bosetti cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .256      McKay 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .209
Evans rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Johnson 3b            3   0   2   0     1   0   .184
Allenson c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Davis c               2   0   0   1     0   0   .124
  O'Berry pr,c        3   1   0   0     0   3   .178        Velez ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .295
Rainey p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hernandez pr        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Freisleben p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Garvin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   5   6   5     2   5             Totals               34   3   8   2     1   1

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance: 15,644
Left on Base: Red Sox 4, Blue Jays 8
DP: Red Sox 1, Blue Jays 1
Errors: Watson, Hobson, Griffin
Doubles: Papi (8), Woods (21), Johnson (2)
Home Runs: Lynn (38), Rice (38)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (1), Papi (3), Evans (3), Davis (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Solaita (2)
GIDP: Watson (10), Mayberry (10)
Hit by Pitch: Allenson (1,by Freisleben), Griffin (5,by Rainey)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rainey W(7-5)           8.1   8   3   2   1   1   0  36   3.74
Campbell SV(9)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.83
Totals                  9     8   3   2   1   1   0  38

Blue Jays              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben L(2-3)       2.2   5   5   5   1   0   2  14   5.10
Grilli                  2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   0.00
Garvin                  3     0   0   0   1   3   0  10   3.29
Buskey                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   3.21
Totals                  9     6   5   5   2   5   2  36

Hit by Pitch: Rainey (3), Freisleben (2)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Deegan


RED SOX 1ST: Papi doubled; Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Papi to third]; Lynn homered [Papi scored];
Rice singled to right; Watson grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Rice out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 0.

BLUE JAYS 1ST: Griffin singled to center; Cannon grounded out
(third to first) [Griffin to second]; Woods grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Griffin to third]; Solaita reached on an
error by Watson [Griffin scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Mayberry
popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 1.

RED SOX 2ND: Poquette flied out to right; Hobson flied out to
right; Evans flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
2, Blue Jays 1.

BLUE JAYS 2ND: Bosetti flied out to right; McKay singled to
left; Johnson singled to right [McKay to third]; Davis out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [McKay scored, Johnson to
second]; Griffin was hit by a pitch; Cannon was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 3RD: Allenson was hit by a pitch; O'BERRY RAN FOR
ALLENSON; Papi out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[O'Berry to second]; Brohamer walked; Lynn lined to right; Rice
homered [O'Berry scored, Brohamer scored]; DWYER BATTED FOR
WATSON; Dwyer singled to right; GRILLI REPLACED FREISLEBEN
(PITCHING); Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 3RD: DWYER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); O'BERRY STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Woods reached on an error by Hobson;
Solaita made an out to shortstop; Mayberry grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Woods out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 4TH: Hobson singled to center; Evans out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Hobson to second]; O'Berry struck out;
Papi made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5,
Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 4TH: Bosetti lined to second; McKay singled; Johnson
grounded out (second to first) [McKay to second]; Davis flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Lynn made an out to
shortstop; Rice made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 2.

BLUE JAYS 5TH: Griffin flied out to left; Cannon singled to
second; Woods doubled to left [Cannon to third]; Solaita hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Cannon scored, Woods to third]; Mayberry
grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Blue Jays 3.

RED SOX 6TH: GARVIN REPLACED GRILLI (PITCHING); Dwyer walked; On
a bunt Poquette forced Dwyer (third to shortstop); Hobson struck
out; Evans forced Poquette (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 6TH: Bosetti grounded out (third to first); McKay
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson doubled to left;
Davis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

RED SOX 7TH: O'Berry struck out; Papi flied out to left;
Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 7TH: On a bunt Griffin grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cannon grounded out (second to first); Woods flied out
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

RED SOX 8TH: Lynn struck out; Rice grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dwyer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 8TH: Solaita grounded out (first to pitcher); Mayberry
lined to shortstop; Bosetti singled to right; McKay grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

RED SOX 9TH: BUSKEY REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Poquette reached
on an error by Griffin; Hobson grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Poquette to second]; Evans flied out to left; O'Berry struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.

BLUE JAYS 9TH: Johnson walked; VELEZ BATTED FOR DAVIS; Velez
forced Johnson (shortstop to second); HERNANDEZ RAN FOR VELEZ;
CAMPBELL REPLACED RAINEY (PITCHING); Griffin made an out to
second; CARTY BATTED FOR CANNON; Carty grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Blue Jays 3.



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